The Mariner's Role in Collecting Evidence

Evidence when attempting to defend a claim is of the utmost importance in proving/disproving a case and with personal injury claims representing the 2nd most expensive class of claim the decision whether any of these could be defended, lies on the quality of evidence collected by the vessel’s company at the time of incident.

The vessel’s crew play a major role in collecting this evidence and with the assistance of this book should do so proficiently as it shows the mariner how, why and what evidence should be collected such as photos, diagrams, film footage, witness statements, vessel’s logbook and other official log books. This publication (published in 1997) will also highlight the different ways of achieving this.


The subjects covered are as follows:-

Chapter One - Cargo Damage, Loss and Shortage Chapter Two - Insurance Cover and Damage or Failure of Ship's Own Equipment
Chapter Three - Under-Performance and over-consumption Claims
Chapter Four - Bunker Disputes
Chapter Five - Unsafe Ports and Berths
Chapter Six - Damage to Fixed and Floating Objects
Chapter Seven - Pollution


Chapter Eight - General Average
Chapter Nine - Salvage
Chapter Ten - Collisions
Chapter Eleven - Labour Disputes and Disciplinary Procedures
Chapter Twelve - Personal Injury
Chapter Thirteen - Stowaways
Chapter Fourteen - Refugees


This is a joint venture publication with the Nautical Institute and has a video to accompany it that also makes a useful lecture tool for ship and shore personnel.